My Friend Dahmer vividly explores the anti-social life of a would-be...
Though My Friend Dahmer is about infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, its focus is not on the murders, rapes, necrophilia and cannibalism he committed...
Miami Filmmaker Carla Forte on shooting hundreds of dogs in action...
This month, The Miami Beach Cinematheque will hold its seventh installment of its Knight Foundation sponsored discussion series called Speaking In Cinema. Usually, the bi-monthly...
The 33rd Miami International Film Festival wraps up with some more...
The 33rd edition of Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival featured some strong movies, including at least a couple of films that this writer...
John Waters on his quirky Oscar noms as "an old white...
Yesterday, the news was full of analysis of the Oscar snubs and simplistic assumptions about the members who make up the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts...
Miami Film Festival GEMS presents movies to watch out for come...
I just finished a long weekend watching premieres of movies that will slowly roll out as possible Oscar contenders come next year. In total,...
Embrace of the Serpent director talks about casting Amazonian non-actors, cinematic...
Last week, Embrace of the Serpent, a movie that will certainly go down as one of the best films that saw release in the United...
Theeb director talks awards, working with non-actors and depicting violence in...
Miami cinephiles first had a chance to see the movie Theeb at Miami Dade College's Miami International Film Festival earlier this year, before Film Movement picked it...
Billy Croben on the inspiration of child actors in Screwball and...
In my recent Miami New Times review of the new documentary Screwball, I praised the filmmakers’ decision to incorporate children in their reenactments of...
Sunset Song expresses the loveliness of impermanence in one of this...
"There are lovely things in the world. Lovely that don't endure and the lovelier for that." The line is uttered more than once in...
More Characters Under the Sun: Miami International Film Festival Announces Changes...
In its 33rd iteration, Miami Dade College’s Miami International Film Festival is putting artistic talent at the forefront of all its competitions. Festival Director,...